Huanying: An Invitation to Chinese
Welcome to the Huanying: An Invitation to Chinese companion site! Specially designed for use in grades 7—12, Huanying features fun and meaningful activities, contemporary topics, a variety of teacher's materials, and a full-color textbook design. Please check here often for supplementary resources that complement the textbooks, workbooks, and teacher's books. On this site you will find:
- Additional texts and activities related to the Huanying lesson themes, such as poems, songs, tongue twisters, and games
- Photocopiable masters for selected workbook activities you can download and distribute in the classroom (includes enlarged versions of many activities)
- Topics for students who wish to explore further, such as more in-depth information on Chinese culture
- Ideas and resources for teaching with Huanying
- Corrected pages
Online Seminar
Designing a Lesson for High School Chinese: Sequenced Instruction for Better Understanding
Authors Jiaying Howard, professor of Chinese at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and Lanting Xu, Mandarin Chinese teacher at Bellarmine College Preparatory in California, will discuss and give examples of how to create a sequenced lesson plan for high school Chinese classes. Using materials from their new textbook series, Huanying, the authors will demonstrate how to incorporate effective and engaging activities into your curriculum, giving students practice in all four language skills.
- Watch recording (55 mins)
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One Class, Three Modes: Engage High School Students in Active Communication
In the language course, communication is the final goal and can be presented in a complete model of three modes: Interpretive, Presentational, and Interpersonal. But how do teachers engage high school students in active communication? The design and authenticity of texts and activities play a significant role. In this presentation Lanting Xu, co-author of the new Chinese language series Huanying, explains the three modes in sequenced instructions and demonstrates communicative activities with practical examples from the Huanying series.
- Watch the presentation (58 minutes)
- Download the presentation (see attached)
After viewing the presentation, we encourage you to share your thoughts and questions in the presentation forum.
General Resources
扩展阅读建议 Recommended Reading Materials
《欢迎》系列已经在练习册中设计了阅读材料。但是如果教师希望加强学生的阅读能力，或设计课外阅读课程，以下是一些阅读书目及网页。
The Huanying series has built-in reading activities for students. However, if teachers would like to help students build stronger reading skills in Chinese, or if teachers plan to offer an after-school reading program, here are some suggestions for additional reading materials.
Volume 1
General Resources
Syllabus and Curriculum Map
Here is a syllabus and curriculum map for teaching Huanying, Volume 1. They were created for Mandarin I at Marlborough High School.
Textbook
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Additional Texts and Activities, Lesson 3.5, Pronunciation Practice (Volume 1 Textbook, page 157)
Lesson 3.5, Pronunciation Practice (Volume 1 Textbook, page 157)
Here is an additional Pronunciation Practice exercise for the sounds introduced in this lesson.
Read aloud the following rhyme.
Pén Hé Pán
盆和盘
Zhèbiān yí ge rén,
这边一个人，
Tiāo le yì tiāo pén.
挑了一挑盆。
Nàbiān yí ge rén,
那边一个人，
Dān le yí dàn pán.
担了一担盘。
Pén pènglàn le pán,
盆碰烂了盘，
Pán pènghuài le pén.
盘碰坏了盆。
Mài pén mǎi pán lái péi pán,
卖盆买盘来赔盘，
Mǎi pán mǎi pén lái péi pén.
卖盘买盆来赔盆。
Nǐ péile pán,
你赔了盘，
Wǒ péi le pén.
我赔了盆。
Basins and Plates
Here comes a man
Who's carrying a load of wash basins.
There comes a man
Who's carrying a load of plates.
The wash basins hit and broke some plates,
The plates hit and damaged some wash basins.
You sell your wash basins to pay for the broken plates;
I sell my plates to pay for the damaged wash basins.
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
General Textbook Resources
Corrected Pages for Volume 1 Textbook
These pages contain corrections of errors that have been found in the Huanying, Volume 1 Textbook.
Workbook
Part 1
Additional Texts and Activities, Lessons 1.1 and 1.2 Listening Practice (Volume 1, Part 1 Workbook)
Lesson 1.1 Listening Practice: Exercise III-C (Volume 1, Part 1 Workbook page 3)
Lā dà jù, chě dà jù,
拉大锯，扯大锯，
Working with a big saw,
Nǐ lái, wǒ qù.
你来，我去。
You pull, I push.
Lesson 1.1 Listening Practice: Exercise III-G (Volume 1, Part 1 Workbook page 4)
This online version of the rhyme includes Chinese characters and English. The workbook version shows pinyin only.
Yáng liǔ qīng, fàng fēng zhēng.
杨柳青，放风筝，
When the willows turn green, we fly kites.
Yáng liǔ huáng, tī jiàn máng.
杨柳黄，踢毽忙。
When the willows turn yellow, we kick the shuttlecock.
Lesson 1.2 Listening Practice: Exercise III (Volume 1, Part 1 Workbook page 12)
This online version of the rhyme includes Chinese characters and English. The workbook version shows pinyin only.
A. yiqiang rexue
一腔热血
full of righteous ardor
B. yugong yishan
愚公移山
"the foolish old man who removed mountains" - to not be afraid of difficulties
C. yegong haolong
叶公好龙
"Lord Ye loves dragons" - to profess love of what one actually fears
D. jingdi zhiwa
井底之蛙
"a frog in a well" - a person with a limited outlook or narrow vision
E. shuizhong laoyue
水中捞月
"to fish for the moon in the water" - to make vain efforts
F. hujia huwei
狐假虎威
"the fox borrows the tiger's terror (by walking with the tiger)" - to bully others by flaunting one's powerful connections
Handouts: Photocopiable Masters for Volume 1 Workbook, Part 1
While most of the activities in the Huanying workbooks are designed to be completed directly by students in their student workbooks, an activity occasionally requires additional handouts from the teacher. Some activities are also available here in larger format than what is shown in the workbooks. These handouts are collected here.
Corrected Pages for Volume 1 Workbook, Part 1
These pages contain corrections of errors that have been found in the Huanying, Volume 1 Part 1 Workbook.
Part 2
Handouts: Photocopiable Masters for Volume 1 Workbook, Part 2
While most of the activities in the Huanying workbooks are designed to be completed directly by students in their student workbooks, an activity occasionally requires additional handouts from the teacher. Some activities are also available here in larger format than what is shown in the workbooks. These handouts are collected here.
Corrected Pages for Volume 1 Workbook, Part 2
These pages contain corrections of errors that have been found in the Huanying, Volume 1 Part 2 Workbook.